Testing

A Florida Senate committee on Wednesday is taking up three bills that would reduce regulations on public schools, a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples.

Throughout the month of May, WUSF will feature the voices of local teachers as they describe the challenges they face, in their own words.

A night’s stay at a hotel comes with a certain set of expectations — including a clean room. Hotel guests can expect a new set of standards for some rooms to be held to, and one not quite so visible.

Some colleges are betting on new, proprietary tests they've developed to keep the college safe. The idea is, test everyone at least twice a week and you can catch most infections early.

The state of Florida has tested more than 2.8 million people for COVID-19 so far. That number measures people, but it doesn't account for the...

A recent report shows many labs in the state reporting 100% positivity rates for COVID-19 tests, meaning that every test they report is positive for the virus or that they’re simply not reporting negative test results, but and Lee Health officials say that’s not the case.

In Florida, officials say fewer than 2,000 people have died from the coronavirus. But some medical professionals do not agree with how the state is counting deaths and sharing that information.

Several large Florida schools districts say they will use state test scores to evaluate those teachers. That means some art, music or gym teachers will be…

Last week, dozens of Florida school districts had to postpone state testing because of problems with the new Florida Standards Assessments. Students...

2014 was a big year for education in Florida.Activists in Lee County convinced the school board to ditch state testing -- before the board reversed the…

This spring, Florida students will take a brand new test tied to the state’s new math, reading and writing standards.This is the test that replaces the…

In September, Alachua County kindergarten teacher Susan Bowles refused to give a state reading test.She told the parents of her students it was an act of…